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Herd would be nuts to make the same mistake they made in 2005. Joined C-USA then, after all the good teams left to go to the Big East. Now, the good teams in AAC have left to join the Big XII, so surely they wouldn't be dumb enough to re-join most of the same bunch they played against in 2005.

Saw where Sunbelt wants to beat them to the punch, and was looking at Southern Miss, Marshall, UAB, Liberty, ODU as possibilities. That makes better sense than the AAC (at this point). Of course, I guess it would all depend on who the AAC was going to invite. Perhaps if they were looking at CCU, Herd, Appy, Liberty, then that might not be so bad, but the whole college football world is going down the ******* if they aren't careful.
 
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Sun Belt probably moves in front of American now. AAC will want to replace their Texas connection which could be Rice and North Texas, plus get back to Florida and add another with one of the Florida schools of FIU or FAU. Charlotte will replace Cincinnati.

Rice
North Texas
FAU (FIU)
Charlotte
ECU
Memphis
Navy
SMU
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa
USF

Gets them back to 12

Sun Belt might swipe a couple of CUSA teams as well.
UAB
Southern Miss

Gets them to 12


CUSA loses 6 teams and Puts them at 8.

Perhaps they get some Independents in
Liberty
New Mexico Sate
UMass
Maybe they can get an FCS team to jump up a division and join them. To go to 12.

Who knows though it's a dog eat dog world in college sports. Sooner or later conferences will run out teams to bump around.
 
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Coastal Carolina, Louisiana and Appy St all would be in the top 5 or 6 of the depleted AAC. Memphis and SMU are the next best teams but IMO are below those three.
IMO the Sun Belt top to bottom is better than the AAC after the defections.
 
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Butler-eer said:
Coastal Carolina, Louisiana and Appy St all would be in the top 5 or 6 of the depleted AAC. Memphis and SMU are the next best teams but IMO are below those three.
IMO the Sun Belt top to bottom is better than the AAC after the defections.
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I don't understand why people want to add schools whose football teams just happen to be on a current winning streak. These don't last. Plus those three schools you mentioned are and always have been terrible in basketball.
 
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ACC isn’t in a much better position considering the era we are moving into

ESPN has purposely handcuffed that conference.
I truthfully cannot say what will happen because unlike A&M Florida and Georgia have a huge say.
They aren’t trying to give any of those schools their platform. The decay of Clemson is starting.
Clemson and Florida State aren’t AAU. That leaves GA Tech. I guess they could carve out a market for T shirt fans but it is hard when UGA is a Top 5/10 team.
At least maybe they won’t have that huge target on their chest like the Big 12 did

They jumped into the cable era too late and even with that their conference network isn’t in people’s homes
B1G and SEC pretty much wherever you go in the country now. Not even regional anymore like it was in the beginning.

In the streaming era. Who is going to stream Boston College vs Wake Forest.
Weakest SEC matchup might be Vanderbilt vs Mizzou. Missouri is a state school with a decent fanbase. Similar to a lot of the schools in the B1G. Those schools are the future. You will always have people who want to watch them.

Not many in the ACC for football so the revenue differences will be huge
Without a major player in the CFP like the Big 12 will most likely be.
You’re in the same boat.

Florida St is 0-3 and cannot even beat a FCS school
Clemson is going to take some additional losses unless some of those young players develop rapidly on offense.
Miami is a joke


The program got too big headed and it is costing them.
Will be hammered hard In recruiting
 
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Butler-eer said:
Coastal Carolina, Louisiana and Appy St all would be in the top 5 or 6 of the depleted AAC. Memphis and SMU are the next best teams but IMO are below those three.
IMO the Sun Belt top to bottom is better than the AAC after the defections.
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I agree. Why would they leave Sun Belt for a conference that will equal CUSA.
 
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Heading to very regionalize G5 conferences

Sun Belt with less teams was able to outmaneuver CUSA
But even then some of those schools like ULL would much rather play in Houston, Ruston, New Orleans and Hattiesburg than Boone, Atlanta, Statesboro or Myrtle Beach

Looking to work something out. Numbers make more sense in the long term because the future growth isn’t there for G5 football to create the revenue to have huge conferences
 
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TownesVanZandt said:
ACC isn’t in a much better position considering the era we are moving into

ESPN has purposely handcuffed that conference.
I truthfully cannot say what will happen because unlike A&M Florida and Georgia have a huge say.
They aren’t trying to give any of those schools their platform. The decay of Clemson is starting.
Clemson and Florida State aren’t AAU. That leaves GA Tech. I guess they could carve out a market for T shirt fans but it is hard when UGA is a Top 5/10 team.
At least maybe they won’t have that huge target on their chest like the Big 12 did

They jumped into the cable era too late and even with that their conference network isn’t in people’s homes
B1G and SEC pretty much wherever you go in the country now. Not even regional anymore like it was in the beginning.

In the streaming era. Who is going to stream Boston College vs Wake Forest.
Weakest SEC matchup might be Vanderbilt vs Mizzou. Missouri is a state school with a decent fanbase. Similar to a lot of the schools in the B1G. Those schools are the future. You will always have people who want to watch them.

Not many in the ACC for football so the revenue differences will be huge
Without a major player in the CFP like the Big 12 will most likely be.
You’re in the same boat.

Florida St is 0-3 and cannot even beat a FCS school
Clemson is going to take some additional losses unless some of those young players develop rapidly on offense.
Miami is a joke


The program got too big headed and it is costing them.
Will be hammered hard In recruiting
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LOL at the geek posting when no one cares about anything you think 😂
 
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Greggor should stick to the Pitt message board if he wants to hear everything will be alright

Guy is absolutely clueless…But he knows TV execs
In Pittsburgh😂😂😂
Might know a heroin dealer there but doubt TV executives hang out in that ********.
ACC has major issues.
Big East 2.0

But we are at the point where the table has so much money on it there aren’t many schools who bring enough to get a seat
ND is maybe the only one
Same as USC. But SC has other issues and they only have a seat at the Rust Belt table
Not with the big dogs who have so much money on the table it cannot fit
 
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TownesVanZandt said:
Greggor should stick to the Pitt message board if he wants to hear everything will be alright

Guy is absolutely clueless…But he knows TV execs
In Pittsburgh😂😂😂
Might know a heroin dealer there but doubt TV executives hang out in that ********.
ACC has major issues.
Big East 2.0

But we are at the point where the table has so much money on it there aren’t many schools who bring enough to get a seat
ND is maybe the only one
Same as USC. But SC has other issues and they only have a seat at the Rust Belt table
Not with the big dogs who have so much money on the table it cannot fit
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So many scars and bruises he put on you and @WVUFanForever. The guy truly is a national treasure.
 
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The American Athletic Conference and ESPN have agreed to a 12-year, $1 billion media rights deal beginning in the 2020-21 season, according to Sports Business Journal. The deal will pay each school $6.94 million annually, which is about $5 million more than they were making under the previous deal.

Just because it says a billion doesn't mean you're making money.



AAC buyout. This means that three athletic departments are expected to be following the standard protocol. That means paying an exit fee of $10 million each, and 27 months’ notice that they’ll be leaving.

This would mean that the three teams set to leave the AAC would be out for the Fall of 2024, most likely. However, staying around for three awkward seasons isn’t what anyone wants. The Big 12, the three teams leaving, and the AAC all want this done sooner, frankly, and for various and complex reasons.


There is no doubt that Big 12 is working on an exit plan for OU and Texas thus using that money to pay the exit fees for Cincinnati, Houston and UCF. Those 3 would pay back the Big 12 as they will not get full contract money for 3 or more years from big 12. BYU being an independent will more than likely get full money a lot quicker than the other 3.

This is just my opinion as I don't see OU and Texas being in the conference in 2022 or Next might be their last year. Deals will be made.
 
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"Just because it says a billion doesn't mean you're making money."

Very true....

One would assume that both conferences will see less from future TV deals.
 
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